Treasurers of Western Australia The Forest Government in 1890 was the first Government after Responsible Government was obtained. Frank Wilson was Treasurer in three separate governments, the Newton Moore Government in 1906-1910, Wilson Government 1910 - 1911 and the Wilson Government again in 1916 – 1917. Ministry Name Ministry Title Assumption Retirement of Office Date Of Office Date Forrest (Forrest) Sir John Forrest, CMG Premier & Colonial Treasurer 29 Dec 1890 14 Feb 1901 1890 - 1901 Throssell (Forrest) George Throssell Premier & Colonial Treasurer 14 Feb 1901 27 May 1901 1901 Leake (opp) Frederick Illingworth Colonial Treasurer & Colonial 27 May 1901 21 Nov 1901 1901 Secretary Morgans (Min) Alfred Edward Morgans Premier & Colonial Treasurer 21 Nov 1901 23 Dec 1901 1901 Leake (Opp) Frederick Illingworth Colonial Secretary & Colonial 23 Dec 1901 1 July 1902 1901 - 1902 Treasurer James (Lib) James Gardiner Colonial Treasurer 1 July 1902 20 April 1904 1902 - 1904 Cornthwaite Hector Rason Colonial Treasurer 20 April 1904 10 Aug 1904 Daglish (ALP) Henry Daglish Premier, Colonial Treasurer 10 Aug 1904 25 Aug 1905 1904 - 1905 Rason (Lib) Cornthwaite Hector Rason Premier, Colonial Treasurer & 25 Aug 1905 7 May 1906 1905 - 1906 Minister for Justice Moore (Min) Frank Wilson Colonial Treasurer & Minister for 7 May 1906 14 May 1909 1906 - 1910 Agriculture & Education Colonial Treasurer & Minister for 14 May 1909 30 June 1909 Agriculture Newton James Moore Premier, Colonial Treasurer 30 June 1909 16 Sept1910 Wilson (Lib) Frank Wilson Premier, Colonial Treasurer 16 Sept 1910 7 Oct 1911 1910 - 1911 Scaddan (ALP) John Scaddan Premier, Colonial Treasurer 7 Oct 1911 27 July 1916 1911 - 1916 Wilson (Lib) Frank Wilson, CMG Premier, Colonial Treasurer 27 July 1916 28 June 1917 1916 - 1917 Lefroy (Lib) James Gardiner Colonial Treasurer 28 June 1917 2 April 1919 1917 - 1919 Henry Bruce Lefroy, CMG Premier, Colonial Treasurer 2 April 1919 17 April 1919 (KCMG 1918) Colebatch (Lib) Hal Pateshall Colebatch Premier, Colonial Treasurer, 17 April 1919 17 May 1919 1919 MLC Minister for Railways & Minister for Education Mitchell (Nat) Sir James Mitchell, KCMG Premier, Colonial Treasurer, 17 May 1919 15 April 1924 1919 -1924 Minister for Lands & Repatriation Collier (ALP) Philip Collier Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 16 April 1924 23 April 1930 1924 - 1930 Forests Mitchell (Nat) Sir James Mitchell Premier & Treasurer 24 April 1930 24 April 1933 1930 - 1933 Collier (ALP) Philip Collier Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 24 April 1933 19 Aug 1936 1933 - 1936 Forests Willcock (ALP) John Collings Willcock Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 20 Aug 1936 9 Dec 1943 1936 - 1945 Forests Premier & Treasurer 9 Dec 1943 31 July 1945 Wise (ALP) Frank Joseph Scott Wise Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 31 July 1945 3 August 1945 1945 - 1947 Land & Agriculture Premier & Treasurer 3 Aug 1945 1 April 1947 McLarty (Lib) Sir Duncan Ross McLarty, Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 1 April 1947 5 Jan 1948 1947 -1953 KBE, MM Housing Forests & North-West Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 5 Jan 1948 7 Oct 1949 North-West Premier, Treasurer, Minister for 7 Oct 1949 24 Oct 1950 Forests & North-West Premier & Treasurer 24 Oct 1950 17 Jan 1952 Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 17 Jan 1952 23 Feb 1953 North-West Hawke (ALP) Albert Redvers George Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 23 Feb 1953 13 May 1954 1953 - 1959 Hawke Child Welfare & Industrial Development Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 13 May 1954 19 Dec 1957 Child Welfare Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 19 Dec 1957 13 Nov 1958 Child Welfare & Industrial Development Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 13 Nov 1958 2 April 1959 Child Welfare Brand (Lib) Sir David Brand (KCMG Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 2 April 1959 3 March 1971 1959 - 1971 1969) Tourists Tonkin (ALP) Thomas Daniel Evans Treasurer & Minister for Forests & 3 March 1971 12 Oct 1971 1971 - 1974 Tourism Last updated 19 March 2014 John Trezise Tonkin Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 12 Oct 1971 8 April 1974 Cultural Affairs Court (Lib) Sir Charles Walter Michael Premier, Treasurer & Minister 8 April 1974 18 June 1975 1974 - 1982 Court, OBE (KCMG, 1978), coordinating Economic & Regional MLA Development Premier, Treasurer & Minister 18 June 1975 22 Dec 1975 coordinating Economic & Regional Development & Minister for Federal Affairs Premier, Treasurer & Minister 22 Dec 1975 25 Jan 1982 coordinating Economic & Regional Development O’Connor (Lib) Raymond James O’Connor Premier, Treasurer & Minister 25 Jan 1982 25 Feb 1983 1982 - 1983 coordinating Economic & Regional Development Burke (ALP) Brian Thomas Burke Premier & Cabinet, Treasurer, 25 Feb 1983 20 Dec 1984 1983 - 1988 Minister coordinating Social Development & Minister for Forests, Tourism & Women’s Interests Premier & Cabinet, Treasurer, 20 Dec 1984 26 Feb 1986 Minister coordinating Economic & Social Development & Minister for Womens’ Interests Premier & Cabinet, Treasurer, 26 Feb1986 29 Oct 1986 Minister coordinating Economic & Social Development & Minister for Womens’ Interests Premier & Cabinet, Treasurer, 29 Oct 1986 16 March 1987 Minister coordinating Economic & Social Development, Minister for Public Sector Management & Minister for Womens’ Interests Premier & Cabinet, Treasurer, 16 March 1987 25 Feb 1988 Minister for Public Sector Management & Womens’ Interests Dowding (ALP) Peter M’Callum Dowding Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 25 Feb 1988 28 Feb 1989 1988 - 1990 Productivity & Public Sector Management & Women’s Interests David Charles Parker Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister 28 Feb 1989 12 Feb 1990 for Resources Development and the Arts Lawrence (ALP) Carmen Mary Lawrence Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 19 Feb 1990 5 Feb 1991 1990 - 1993 Public Sector Management, the Family, Aboriginal Affairs, Multicultural & Ethnic Affairs & Women’s Interests Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 5 Feb 1991 7 Sept 1992 Family and Women’s Interests Last updated 19 March 2014 Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 7 Sept 1992 16 Feb 1993 Employment, & Trade & Investment Court (Lib) Richard Fairfax Court Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 16 Feb 1993 25 Jan 1994 1993 - 2001 Public Sector Management & Federal Affairs Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 25 Jan 1994 21 Dec 1995 Public Sector Management, Federal Affairs & Tourism Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 21 Dec 1995 3 April 1996 Public Sector Management & Federal Affairs Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 3 April 1996 9 Jan 1997 Public Sector Management, Youth & Federal Affairs Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 9 Jan 1997 16 Feb 2001 Public Sector Management & Federal Affairs Gallop (ALP) Eric Stephen Ripper Deputy Premier, Treasurer; Minister 16 Feb 2001 25 Jan 2006 2001 - 2006 for Energy Carpenter (ALP) Eric Stephen Ripper Deputy Premier; Treasurer; Minister 10 March 2005 13 Dec 2006 2006 - 2008 for Government Enterprises; Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management Deputy Premier; Treasurer; Minister 13 Dec 2006 23 Sept 2008 for State Development Barnett (Lib) Troy Raymond Buswell Treasurer; Minister for Commerce; 23 Sept 2008 27 April 2010 2008 Science and Innovation; Housing and Works Hon Colin James Barnett Premier, Treasurer, Minister for 28 April 2010 14 Dec 2010 State Development Charles (Christian) Porter Treasurer; Attorney General 14 Dec 2010 12 June 2012 Hon Colin James Barnett Premier, Treasurer, Minister for 12 June 2012 29 June 2012 State Development Troy Raymond Buswell Treasurer; Minister for Transport and 29 June 2012 21 March 2013 Emergency Services Barnett (Lib) Hon Troy Raymond Buswell Treasurer, Minister for Transport; 21 March 2013 10 March 2014 2013 Fisheries Hon Colin James Barnett Premier; Treasurer; Minister for 10 March 2014 17 March 2014 Transport; State Development; Science Hon Dr Michael (Mike) Treasurer; Minister for Energy; 17 March 2014 Dennis Nahan Citizenship and Multicultural Interests. Last updated 19 March 2014 Abbreviations ALP Australian Labor Party Govt Government LA Legislative Assembly LC Legislative Council Lib. Liberal Min. Ministeralist MLA Member of the Legislative Assembly MLC Member of the Legislative Council Nat. Nationalist Opp Opposition 1. The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook/ edited by David Black. 21st Revised Edition, 2005. 2. Western Australian Government Gazette, No 28, 3 February 2006. 3. Parliament of Western Australia website 2007 - http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au. 4. Western Australian Government Gazette, No. 163, 23 September 2008. 5. Acts with Administering Portfolios and Public Sector Agencies Updated 7 Oct 2008. - http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/pco/prod/filestore.nsf/Documents/LIDocument:61P/$FILE/Table13.pdf?OpenElement. 6. Western Australian Government Gazette, No. 42, 18 March 2014.Constitution Amendment Acts 1899, Reconstruction of the Ministry. http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/gazette/gg.nsf/gaz/2DDA3D4AE3BD633B48257C9E00222564?openDocument Last updated 19 March 2014 .